NARI Director General, Dr Nelson Simbiken, ICDF (Taiwan) Technical Assistant, Vitus Sarikisik, and NARI Seed Production Manager, Anton Beko, with 50 bags of foundation rice seed for dispatch to Kiunga. This rice seed purchase is an initiative of the Member…
Ms. Janiella Aidaboe is pleased after attending a two-day workshop on Tissue Culture Quality Seed Management System in Thailand in late 2023. Ms. Janiella Aidaboe was among 19 participants from Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Cambodia, Thailand, Philippines, Laos, Nepal,…
The pretesting of the Seasonal Farm Advisory under the ACIAR supported Climate Smart Agriculture has concluded in Eastern Highlands, one of the three project sites. The other sites are East New Britain and Morobe. The Seasonal Farm Advisory is a…
Ten students from the University of Papua New Guinea and Technology will undergo eight to ten weeks of training as part of NARI’s support towards capacity building at the Kilakila Chemistry Laboratory in Port Moresby. Most of the students are…
A multipurpose shed will be built in 2024, following the signing of the formal agreement between NARI and Sasoriap Maintenance & Building Contractors Limited on November 24. Phase one of the multipurpose shed has started in early December. The construction…
NARI will revive the cadetship program in 2024. Since the program started in 2000, about 47 cadetshave benefited from the program.Some of the cadets have advanced in achieving their Masters and Doctoral Degree while others havemoved on to other organisations.The…
We are approaching another Festive Season and 2023 will pass by in the next few days. On this occasion, I wish to extend our very best wishes and appreciation to all our stakeholders, including the many farmers and farmer groups…
Thirty-six students from the University of Technology’s Forestry College in Bulolo made a brief visit to NARI as part of a learning tour on September 26. The students, in their second year of study in forestry, met and interacted with…
A field experiment was carried out to assess how effective Bifenthrin is, a chemical pesticide used with three different application methods on two taro beetle species; Papuana and Eucopidocaulus. The three application methods were; measuring beaker (standard practice), knapsack sprayer,…
A Taiwanese scientist visited NARI as part of a fact-finding mission to see how rice cultivation can be improved with the aid of specialized skills in rice seed development, post-processing, storage management, setting inspection criteria, and other practical areas. Dr.…
